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George Wyman Rockwood

George W. Rockwood

• Father: Samuel Rockwood
• Mother: Susan Harwood

• Company: A

• George W. Rockwood was born on 16 Aug 1822 at Charlton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, son of Samuel Rockwood and Susan Harwood.
• On 3 Aug 1845 George W. Rockwood, 22, married Sarah Jane Pratt at Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, (Click the icon to see his marriage certificate.).
• George W. Rockwood and Sarah Jane Pratt were enumerated in the 1850 US Federal census on 8 Aug 1850 at Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, as:
  George W. Rockwood, age 27, male, painter, no estate value, b. MA
  Sarah J., 23, female, b. MA
  Charles H., 2, male, b. MA
  Edwin Day, 25, male, no occupation given, b. MA (relationship if any, unknown).
• At the time of his enlistment in the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, in 1861, George gave his occupation as painter.
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  On 12 Jul 1861 George mustered into service with the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry in Company A, being credited to the quota of Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He was 38 years, 10 months and 26 days old.
• On 1 Aug 1861 George was promoted to Captain of Company A. at Camp Scott, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
• On 14 Aug 1861 at "The Worcester Spy", Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, George Wyman Rockwood was mentioned in an article about the departure of the Fifteenth Massachusetts from Worcester.
• On 21 Oct 1861 George was taken prisoner at The Battle of Ball's Bluff, Leesburg, Virginia, and ... was a prisoner of war for about 4 months. While in prison at Henrico County Jail as one of the Hostages for the 14 captured privateermen of the Rebel forces, he contracted malarial fever settling in pneumonia disabling him for duty or labor while in the service and ever since.
• In Oct 1861 George Wyman Rockwood was mentioned in a report to the Richmond Dispatch about the arrival of federal prisoners in that city.
• On 30 Oct 1861 at "The Worcester Spy", Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, George Wyman Rockwood was mentioned in dispatches or (not necessarily correctly) among the casualties of Ball's Bluff.
• On 30 Oct 1861 at "The Worcester Spy", Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, George Wyman Rockwood was included among "The Killed Wounded and Missing of the Fifteenth Regiment," after Ball's Bluff.
• On 20 Nov 1861 at "The Worcester Daily Spy", Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, George Wyman Rockwood was listed among the prisoners taken at Ball's Bluff.
• On 20 Nov 1861 at "The Worcester Spy", Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, George Wyman Rockwood was listed as a prisoner at Richmond.
• The following letter from one of the “hostages” at Richmond was received at the State House.
• On 21 Feb 1862 George was transferred from prison by parole back to the 15th Massachusetts.
• On 3 Jan 1863 George Wyman Rockwood was mentioned in an article in the Boston Herald, recounting events as of 29 Dec 1862, Pg. 1, Col. 7. (click icon to read).
• On 26 Jan 1863 George ended military service with the 15th Massachusetts by resignation.
  
  
• On 6 Apr 1863 at "The Worcester Daily Spy", Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, George W. Rockwood was mentioned in an article about promotions.
• On 10 Apr 1863 at "The Southbridge Journal", Worcester County, Massachusetts, George Wyman Rockwood was mentioned in an article listing commissions and officer promotions in the regiment, as well as which discharged or deceased officers they replaced.
• Starting 20 Aug 1864, George also served in the 4th Massachusetts Heavy Artillery as 1st Sergeant.
• He ended his service at the close of the war on 17 Jun 1865.
• On 23 Oct 1876 at Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, George Wyman Rockwood was reported present at the 10th annual reunion of the 15th Massachusetts in an article in the Fitchburg Sentinel.
• He and Sarah Jane Pratt were enumerated in the 1880 US Federal census in Jun 1880 at Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, where he is a Printer. Also enumerated -- Hattie J. PRATT, single, 43, b. MA, his sister-in-law.
• George Wyman Rockwood made application at Massachusetts for a veteran's pension on 20 Mar 1882, and received certificate number 703058.
• On 20 Oct 1883 at Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, George Wyman Rockwood attended the 17th annual reunion of the 15th regiment association, with some 110 other veterans of the regiment. (Report from the Fitchburg Sentinel.).
• In 1886 George was living at Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
• In Jun 1886 George Wyman Rockwood took part in the regimental reunion Excursion to the Battle-Fields of Gettysburg, PA., Antietam, MD., Ball's Bluff, Virginia and Washington, D.C.
• A photograph or image of George Wyman Rockwood is located on page 94 of Emerson's "Leominster Historical."
• In 1890 Bernard B. Vassal wrote a letter to William H. Jeffrey for his book, Richmond Prisons 1861-62, describing prison conditions and mentioning his imprisoned fellow officers of the 15th Massachusetts.
• George was a member of the "Massachusetts Association of Union Ex-Prisoners of War." Whatever letter may have been in the envelope behind the icon, it arrived too late.
• At the time of his death in 1896, George Wyman Rockwood was living at Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
• He died on 18 Apr 1896 at Waltham Hospital, Waltham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts,
  "Sterling - Death of Capt. Geo. W. Rockwood: Capt. Geo. W. Rockwood, formerly of Co. A, 15th regiment, died suddenly in Waltham from a paralytic shock, Friday evening, aged 73 years, 8 months. He was confined in Libby prison for a long time and has been in feeble health for many years. He was a charter member of Maj. J. A. Pratt Post 59, of Sterling, and past commander. His funeral takes place Monday at 1:30 p. m. at the Unitarian Church." (Worcester Daily Spy, 19 Apr 1896)
  . He was 73 years, 8 months and 2 days old.
• He was buried in Apr 1896 at Oak Hill Cemetery, Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
• On 10 Feb 1898 Sarah Jane Pratt received a pension to surviving family member in Massachusetts based on George's service; his wife, received certificate number 432487.
• Sarah, his wife, outlived George and died on 12 Jun 1916 at age 89.
• A photograph or image of George Wyman Rockwood is located at The American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts, according to their website.
• Credits: Primary photo above by permission of the Worcester Historical Museum, Ward Collection.

• Last Edited: 3 Jul 2010

Hans Peter Jorgensen

Hans Peter Jorgensen

• Company: A

• Hans Peter Jorgensen was also known as Capt. Hans P. Jörgensen.
• He was born between 1830 - 1831 at Copenhagen, Denmark.
• In 1861 Hans was living at Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
• At the time of his enlistment in the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, in 1861, Hans gave his occupation as piano maker.
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  On 12 Jul 1861 Hans mustered into service with the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, being credited to the quota of Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
• On 21 Oct 1861 Hans Peter Jorgensen was wounded at The Battle of Ball's Bluff, Leesburg, Virginia.
• The following account of his wounding appeared in the Worcester Spy, 6 Nov 1861:
  "The orderly sergeant of the same company, P. Jorgenson, saw a rebel aim at him while loading. He hurried to get the first shot, but the rebel was to quick for him. The ball from his gun passed the whole length of the bottom of his plate, which was swung at his side, under his arm, cutting a hole the width of the ball.
  “Ah!”said he in broken English, ”you fire well; you spoil Uncle Sam’s crockery---I pay you for dat”, drew up his gun, shot him through the breast, and dropped him. Just as he fired another rebel sighted him, and shot him through the arm. This is the third wound he has received in his third war, once in Germany, once in Mexico, and now Ball’s Bluff. May he soon be able to be among his comrades, cheering them with his presence, and amusing them by his oddities."
• On 22 Oct 1861 Hans was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant.
• On 30 Oct 1861 at "The Worcester Spy", Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Hans Peter Jorgensen was included among "The Killed Wounded and Missing of the Fifteenth Regiment," after Ball's Bluff.
• On 2 Nov 1861 at "Worcester Aegis & Transcript", Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Hans Peter Jorgensen was mentioned among the casualties.
• On 18 Dec 1861 at "The Worcester Daily Spy", Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Hans was mentioned as follows: "Lieut. Jorgensen sent, on Wednesday, twenty more recruits to the fifteenth regiment, making ninety-one in all sent by him. He expects to make the number up to one hundred by the last of this week."
• On 12 Feb 1862 Hans Peter Jorgensen was mentioned in the Worcester Spy (Volume 91 #7) as follows:
  Furlough - The Fifteenth:---Major J. Kimball, of Fitchburg, Capt. Watson of the Oxford company, and Capt. Philbrick of the Northbridge company, of the fifteenth, are at home, on a short furlough. They report matters all right at Poolesville. Lieut. Jorgensen has recruited 67 men for this regiment since the first of January, who will start from Camp Cameron for Poolesville, this afternoon.
• On 14 Feb 1862 at "The Worcester Daily Spy", Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Hans Peter Jorgensen was mentioned as follows:
  "Lieut. Col. Ward, Lieut. H. P. Jorgensen of Co. A., Leominster, sergeant A. E. Shumway of Co. E., Oxford, sergeant Shove of Co. K., Blackstone, corporal Collar of Co. H., Northbridge, and private Ralph T. Phinney of Co. D., Worcester, have been detailed from the fifteenth regiment, for six months, to recruit for the Massachusetts regiments."
• On 19 Jul 1862 Hans was promoted to 1st Lieutenant.
• On 28 Oct 1862 Hans was promoted to Captain.
• Camp near Falmouth, Virginia,
  22 November 1862,
  To Lt. Col. J.W. Kimball
  From 1st Lt. Hans P. Jorgdensen, Co. A., 15th Massachusetts Infantry,
  In reference to tending resignation over "the removal of Maj. Genl. McClellan from this Army, a Genl who was my entire confidence and whom I love & respect dearly." Mentions that "the foul stain of cowardise cannot rest on me, and because my feelings of love & true regard for Genl. McClellan will not allow me to serve as heretofore ... & sincerely hope an honorable discharge will be granted me."
  (Note: this reaction to McClellans removal from command is documented from numerous officers who served under him. Jorgensen's request was rejected.).
• On 9 Feb 1863 at "The Worcester Daily Spy", Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Hans Peter Jorgensen was mentioned in an article about promotions.
• On 18 Mar 1863 at "The Worcester Daily Spy", Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Hans was mentioned as follows:
  "Capt. H. P. Jorgensen, of the fifteenth regiment, returns to his command to-night, and will take any letters to members of the regiment left at John Boydens exchange before four o'clock this afternoon."
• On 10 Apr 1863 at "The Southbridge Journal", Worcester County, Massachusetts, Hans Peter Jorgensen was mentioned in an article listing commissions and officer promotions in the regiment, as well as which discharged or deceased officers they replaced.
• He died on 2 Jul 1863 at The Battle of Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, unmarried, killed in action.
• On 8 Jul 1863 at "The Worcester Spy", Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Hans Peter Jorgensen was mentioned in the first dispatches from the Gettysburg battle.
• An obituary for Hans Peter Jorgensen was published on 8 Jul 1863 at "The Worcester Palladium", Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, as follows:
  Funeral of Capt. Jorgensen
  The funeral of Capt. H. P. Jorgensen took place at Leominster, on Thursday of last week. A large number of citizens of Leominster and the adjoining towns were present to mingle their sympathies in one whom love of liberty and patriotism had prompted to take his life in his hand in defence of his adopted country. Freedom to him was alike everywhere. He fell while heroically defending that principle against the usurpation of the slave power, at Gettysburg. All honor to his memory!
  The city was represented at the funeral by Mayor Lincoln and members of the City council, the German Turners Association numbering about thirty, under escort of the State Guards, accompanied by the Worcester Cornet Band.
  Arriving in Leominster a procession was formed in which the military was represented by Col. A. B. Sprague and Lieut. Col. Studley, of the 51st Massachusetts regiment, and many officers and privates of the 15th. The procession marched to the Leomonster House, where a collation had been provided for them by the citizens of the town. Col. C. H. Merriam acted as chief marshal. The services were held at the Unitarian church, conducted by the four clergymen of Leominster, Rev. Messrs Parker, Bailey, Fay and Watson.
  After the services at the church a procession was formed and marched to the cemetery, Captains Forehand, Wood, Bartlett, Howe and Gale, and Lieuts. Goddard, Fuller, Staples, Frazier and Dudley, all officers or past officers of the 15th Mass regment acting as pall bearers.
• An obituary for Hans Peter Jorgensen was published on 15 Jul 1863 at "The Worcester Spy", Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, as follows: (click icon to read).
• On 22 Jul 1863, at "The Worcester Spy", Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Hans was mentioned as follows: (Volume 92 # 29)
  The Remains of Capt. H. P. Jorgensen have been brought from the battlefield of Gettysburg, and, arriving here on Friday, were forwarded by the eleven o’clock train to Leominster, his last place of residence. Mr. T. W. Wellington, at the request of numerous friends of the deceased, recovered the body and forwarded it to this city, where it was taken in charge by Mr. C. H. Colburn and Mr. Tinker of Leominster.
  The funeral obsequies of the late Capt. H. P. Jergensen, of the 15th Massachusetts volunteers, will be held in the Unitarian church in Leominster, on Thursday, at two o’clock in the afternoon. Past and present members of the regiment, and all other friends of the deceased, are cordially invited to be present.
• On 22 Jul 1863 at "The Worcester Spy", Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Hans Peter Jorgensen was listed as a casualty of Gettysburg.
• He was buried on 23 Jul 1863 at Evergreen Cemetery, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, His epitaph reads:

  To the brave and heroic solder Hans Peter Jorgenson of Copenhagen, Denmark Capt 15th MA Vol Who gave up his life for the cause of freedom July 3, 1863 at Gettysburg.

• On 29 Jul 1863 at "The Worcester Spy", Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, his funeral was reported. (click icon to read).
• There is no indication to date that Captain Jorgensen was married or left survivors. He does not appear in the 1850 MA census, suggesting that he arrived in the US after that date. Perhaps a look at the 1860 MA census would bring some family or relatives to light, but I have so far been unable to identify an entry for him. The Worcester County, Massachusetts, Probate Index for 1863 again gives his residence as Leominster and shows that there was an administration for the estate of Hans P. Jorgenson, in 1863 (after July) in Worcester County, Massachusetts, (Probate Index, Vol. 1 & 2 A - Z, July 1731-1881).
• Read the excerpt on H.-P. Jorgensen from Ford's history --.
• In 1888 Hans was included in the Civil War section of Emerson's "Leominster Historical" as follows:

  Capt. Hans Peter Jorgensen, a native of Copenhagen, Denmark, enlisted as Orderly Sergeant. At Ball's Bluff, he was wounded in the right arm. He was detailed to recruit, but afterwards promoted to Secont Lieutenant, First Lieutenant, and Oct. 28th, 1862, to Captain, in command of his old Company A, and was killed. Capt. Jorgensen had seen service in the campaigns of the Danish Army and was twice wounded while fighting the Prussians at Schleswig and Holstein ; once in the arm by a ball and on the head by a sabre. He was not a native of this country. He could not have been drafted, yet so keen was his appreciation of the great interests at stake, that he is reported in the 'Worcester Spy' (newspaper) to have said: 'Freedom is the same everywhere and I cheerfully give my life in its defense. I would give more if I had it,' or words to that effect.

• But where did he come from? The following research in the Danish Archives by Gert Neuchs Christensen, although not yet difinitifely proven, suggests a very plausible record of the early life of H.-P. Jorgensen. Research is ongoing. (Many, many thanks to John Christensen and his cousin, Gert, for their interest and efforts so far beyond the scope of this researcher. slh) Hans Peter Jørgensen was born March 12, 1827, in Copenhagen to saloonkeeper Claus Jørgensen (1799-1857) and Margrethe Jørgensen, born Haagensen (1792-1866). There were three other children in the marriage. Note: HPJ's parents didn't actually marry until June 10, 1827, in Garnisons Kirke, so technically speaking HP was born out of wedlock, quite a serious thing in those days. This is why he is only marked down as "Hans Peter", with his mother an anonymous number, in the birth registry at The Royal Maternity Foundation. Confirmed on April 6, 1842. HP was then taken on as an apprentice by master joiner (or cabinet maker; the Danish term covers both) Hans Erhart Beck. Thus, according to the 1845 Copenhagen Census HPJ was at that time 18 years old and staying as an apprentice joiner with Beck in Løvstræde 128. Note: this would fit in well with the description of HPJ as mechanic and piano maker in the US. In April 1848 Hans Peter entered an "eksercerskole" (Drill School) in Copenhagen as a volunteer. Note: several of these schools were established at the outbreak of hostilities between Denmark and Prussia in 1848 (it hasn't as yet been possible to determine exactly which one HPJ joined). Their purpose was to train much needed NCO's for the Danish army. The curriculum was not restricted to military instruction but comprised a range of general subjects (including good manners and other social skills) aimed at making the volunteer NCO's able to live up to their new, somewhat elevated position in society. This education at the "eksercerskole" may contribute to explain why HPJ was later described as "a man of learning and cultivated taste and of social attainments". On March 1, 1849, Hans Peter was assigned as a Sargent of volunteers to 2nd Company, 6th Reserve Batallion (with his height given as: 68" or 177,8 cm. - certainly above average for the time). Note: the military archives proper haven't as yet been consulted but will undoubtedly yield more information about HP's military career. However, it is a fact that the 6th Reserve Batallion, as part of the 4th Brigade, took part in the Battles of Kolding on April 23rd 1849 and Fredericia on July 6th 1849. Hans Peter was mustered out of the Danish army on February 15th 1851. For a while he lived with his parents in Brolæggerstræde 75 in Copenhagen, but from October 7th 1851 he is registered as living on the third floor in Hummergade 254. Most interestingly there is an annotation in the muster roll that Hans Peter has received official permission, dated April 9th 1854, "to travel abroad for 3 years." Of course, this doesn't prove anything 100% but it certainly makes it highly probable that we are indeed dealing with the same Hans Peter Jørgensen. If so, we might assume that he made the journey to the US around the middle of 1854 - probably alone as - contrary to his three brothers and sisters - there is no indication that he entered into marriage in Copenhagen.

• Credits: Primary photo above by permission of the Worcester Historical Museum, Ward Collection.
• Researcher: John Christensen and
  Gert Neuchs Christensen , unrelated researchers who provided the valuable research in the Danish Archives.

• Last Edited: 3 Jul 2010

Henry Tyler Dudley

Henry T. Dudley

• Father: David Tyler Dudley b. 24 Sep 1817, d. 5 Sep 1896
• Mother: Lucy L. Wilder b. 28 May 1820, d. 25 Feb 1868

• Company: A

• Henry Tyler Dudley was born on 17 Apr 1841 at Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, son of David Tyler Dudley and Lucy L. Wilder.
• At the time of his enlistment in the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, Henry gave his occupation as machinist.
  
• Henry Tyler Dudley and Caleb Fisher Dudley, first-cousins, served together in the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry.
• Henry Tyler Dudley and Cassius Moore Wilder, first-cousins, served together in the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry.
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  On 12 Jul 1861 Henry mustered into service with the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. He was 20 years, 2 months and 25 days old.
• On 17 Jul 1862 his cousin, Cassius Moore Wilder, died at Harrison's Landing, Virginia, unmarried, on board of the steamer Commodore on James River, Virginia, according to his tombstone at age 18.
• On 3 Jan 1863 Henry was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant.
• On 6 Apr 1863 at "The Worcester Daily Spy", Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Henry Tyler Dudley was mentioned in an article about promotions.
• On 10 Apr 1863 at "The Southbridge Journal", Worcester County, Massachusetts, Henry Tyler Dudley was mentioned in an article listing commissions and officer promotions in the regiment, as well as which discharged or deceased officers they replaced.
• On 11 Apr 1863 Henry was promoted to 1st Lieutenant.
• On 8 Jul 1863 at "The Worcester Spy", Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Henry Tyler Dudley was mentioned in the first dispatches from the Gettysburg battle.
• He attended the funeral of George Hull Ward on 8 Jul 1863 at Rural Cemetery, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
• On 22 Jul 1863 at "The Worcester Spy", Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Henry Tyler Dudley was reported as wounded at Gettysburg.
• He was a pall bearer at the burial of Hans Peter Jorgensen on 23 Jul 1863 at Evergreen Cemetery, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
• On 12 Oct 1863 at "The Worcester Daily Spy", Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Henry Tyler Dudley was mentioned as promoted.
• On 2 Dec 1863 Henry was promoted to Captain.
• On 18 May 1864 at "The Worcester Spy", Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Henry Tyler Dudley was noted among the wounded at the Battle of the Wilderness.
• On 25 May 1864 at "The Worcester Spy", Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Henry Tyler Dudley was mentioned among the casualties.
• On 27 Jul 1864 at "The Worcester Spy", Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Henry Tyler Dudley was mentioned in an article about the return of the regiment to Massachusetts.
• On 28 Jul 1864 Henry ended military service with the 15th Massachusetts by transfer to Co. G of the 20th MVI.
  
  
• Starting 28 Jul 1864, Henry also served in the 20th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, Company "G."
• On 25 Aug 1864 Henry was taken prisoner at Reams' Station, Dinwiddie County, Virginia, and the fact was reported in the Worcester Daily Spy on 14 Sep 1864 (Volume 19 # 218): "Information has been received that Capt. H. T. Dudley of the 15^th regiment Mass. Vols., was taken prisoner at the battle of Reams station on the weldon railroad, Aug. 25^th."
• Henry was paroled from prison.
• He ended his service on 25 Mar 1865.
• On 17 Oct 1866 Henry Tyler Dudley, 25, married Lucinda Holbrook Chase, daughter of Silas Chase and Beulah Roberts, at Roxbury, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, in a first marriage for both.
• Henry Tyler Dudley made application for a veteran's pension on 11 Nov 1867, and received certificate number 121622.
• He and Lucinda Holbrook Chase were enumerated in the 1880 US Federal census in Jun 1880 at Sutton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, as:
  Dudley, Henry T., 39, shuttle maker, b. MA (as were all in family)
  ---, Lucinda, 39, wife
  ---, Lucy G., 10, daughter.
• On 20 Oct 1883 at Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Henry Tyler Dudley attended the 17th annual reunion of the 15th regiment association, with some 110 other veterans of the regiment. (Report from the Fitchburg Sentinel.).
• On 21 Oct 1884 at Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Henry Tyler Dudley attended the 18th annual reunion of the 15th regiment association. (Report from the Fitchburg Sentinel.).
• In 1886 Henry was living at Wilkinsonville, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
• In Jun 1886 Henry Tyler Dudley took part in the regimental reunion Excursion to the Battle-Fields of Gettysburg, PA., Antietam, MD., Ball's Bluff, Virginia and Washington, D.C.
• He was enumerated in the 1890 US Federal census, Veteran's Schedule in Jun 1890 at Sutton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, as having served in the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, Company A.
• On 30 Jun 1890 Lucinda Holbrook Chase, his wife, died.
• On 4 Apr 1895 Henry Tyler Dudley, 53, married Almira Peck, 51, daughter of Joel S. Peck and Almira Stockwell, at Sutton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, in a second marriage for both. (Reported in Worcester Daily Spy)
  Dudley-Hall Nuptials
  Sutton - Wednesday afternoon a quiet wedding took place at the residence of J. Patch Stockwell, the contracting parties being Capt. Henry Dudley, the wealthy shuttle manufacturer, and Almira Hall, both of Wilkinsonville. The ceremony was performed by Rev. J. C. Hall. Mr. Dudley served as captain of the 15th regiment Massachusetts Volunteers during the late war, and is one of Sutton's most prosperous and highly esteemed citizens. Mr. and Mrs. Dudley left for a tour of New Work, Washington and points of interest in the south. They will be at home after the 15th in Wilkinsonville.
• On 27 Dec 1899 Henry's daughter, Lucy Gertrude Dudley married Arthur C. Merrill at Wilkinsonville, Sutton, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
• In 1906 Henry was living at Grafton, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
• On 20 Oct 1906 at Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Henry Tyler Dudley attended the 40th annual reunion of the 15th regiment association, with some 75 other veterans of the regiment. (Report believed to be from the Worcester Spy.).
• On 21 Oct 1907 at Grand Army Hall, Worcester, Massachusetts, Henry Tyler Dudley attended the 41st annual regimental reunion and banquet on the 46th anniversary of the Battle of Ball's Bluff, as reported in the Fitchburg Sentinel the following day.
• On 27 Oct 1910 at The State Mutual Building, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Henry Tyler Dudley attended the 44th reunion of the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry.
• Before 1920 Almira Peck, his wife, died.
• Henry Tyler Dudley was enumerated close to the household of Lucy Gertrude Dudley and Arthur C. Merrill in the 1920 US Federal Census on 3 Jan 1920 at Sutton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, as:
  Merrill, Arthur C., 48, b. ME, Supt., fish hatchery
  ---, Lucy D., wife, 50, b. MA
  ---, Bulah, daur, 17
  ---, E. Dudley, son, 14
  nextdoor to
  Dudley, Henry T., head, widower, b. MA
  Brown, Harriet, house keeper, widow, b. MA
  ---, Helen M. boarder, 8, b. MA.
• Henry Tyler Dudley died on 8 Dec 1920 at Wilkinsonville, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He was 79 years, 7 months and 21 days old.
• He was buried in Dec 1920 at Wilkinsonville Cemetery, Sutton, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
• An entry for Henry T. Dudley appears in "The Cyclopædia of American biography", New York, : The Press association compilers, inc., 1915. Click HERE to read it online at "Making of America", University of Michigan. (Close frame to return here.).
• Credits: Portrait photo by permission from Isn't This Glorious!, by Edwin R. Root and Jeffrey D. Stocker, Moon Trail Books, 2006.

• Last Edited: 31 Jul 2010

• Charts: Descendants of John and Sarah (Moore) Wilder

Charles H. Stevens

Charles H. Stevens

• Father: John Stevens b. between 1807 - 1808
• Mother: Eliza Barnes b. 15 Sep 1807, d. 15 Oct 1891

• Company: A

• Charles H. Stevens was born on 29 Mar 1835 at Billerica, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, son of John Stevens and Eliza Barnes.
• Charles H. Stevens was enumerated in the household of John Stevens and Eliza Barnes in the 1850 US Federal Census on 29 Jul 1850 at Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, as:
  John Stevens, 42, farmer, b. MA
  Eliza, 43, b. NH
  Harriet, 17, b. MA (as were all the children)
  ** C. H., 15 (m.)
  F. E., 11 (m.)
  S. E., 10 (f.)
  A. F., 6 (f.)
  Ann A., 3 (f.)
  George E., 1
  J. G. Knights, 19, (m.), shoemaker.
• At the time of his enlistment in the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, in 1861, Charles gave his occupation as cabinet-maker.
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  On 12 Jul 1861 Charles mustered into service with the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, being credited to the quota of Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He was 26 years, 3 months and 13 days old.
• On 1 Jan 1862 Charles was promoted to as 1st Sergeant.
• On 27 Jun 1862 Charles H. Stevens was wounded at Fair Oaks, Henrico County, Virginia.
• On 19 Jul 1862 Charles was promoted to as 2nd Lieutenant.
• On 21 Nov 1862 Charles was promoted to as a 1st Lieutenant.
• Between 30 Dec 1862 - 21 Mar 1863, Charles was commander of Company A.
• On 9 Feb 1863 at "The Worcester Daily Spy", Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Charles H. Stevens was mentioned in an article about promotions.
• On 3 Jul 1863 Charles H. Stevens was wounded at The Battle of Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania.
• On 4 Jul 1863 Charles was promoted to Captain, but not mustered.
• On 8 Jul 1863 at "The Worcester Spy", Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Charles H. Stevens was mentioned in the first dispatches from the Gettysburg battle.
• On 22 Jul 1863 at "The Worcester Spy", Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Charles H. Stevens was reported as wounded at Gettysburg.
• On 12 Oct 1863 at "The Worcester Daily Spy", Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Charles H. Stevens was mentioned as promoted.
• On 14 Oct 1863 Charles H. Stevens was wounded at Bristoe Station, Virginia.
• He died on 15 Oct 1863 at Manassas Junction, Virginia, of wounds, as the 1st Lieutenant of company I, the death being registered in Reading, MA. He was 28 years, 6 months and 16 days old.
• On 21 Oct 1863 at "The Worcester Spy", Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Charles H. Stevens was mentioned in the official casualty list (Volume 92 # 42):
  The Fifteenth Regiment
  Headquarters Fifteenth Regiment;
  Oct. 1863
  Mr. Baldwin: Dear Sir;---The following is an official list of the killed and wounded in the 15th Massachusetts volunteers, in the engagement at Bristow Station, Va. Oct. 13, 1863
  Killed--- Corp, Samuel Stearns, Co. B., private A. E. Hinckley, Co. I.
  Wounded--- Lieut. Chas. H. Stevens; privates F. Merrifield, J. Frederick, Co. D; H. Jeverson, Co. E; Serg. G. A. Davis, Co. F. (since dead) privates D. Sherwood, Thomas Say, M. D. Tucker, Co. I; Adam Peacock, Co. K.
  Very Respectfully
  Your obedient servant,
  Geo. C. Joslin
  Lieut. Col. commanding Regiment.
• On 8 Dec 1863 Eliza Barnes received a pension to surviving family member based on Charles's service; his mother, received certificate number 31395.
• In 1888, Charles was included on p. 98 of the Civil War section of Emerson's "Leominster Historical" as follows:
  Capt. Charles H. Stevens enlisted as Fourth Sergeant. He was promoted to 2d Lieut., 1st Lieut., and, July 4th, 1863, to Captain. He was wounded in the foot at Savage Station, and in the leg, while supporting our batteries at Gettysburg. At Bristow Station, Oct 15th, 1863, after an hour's hard fighting, the enemy gave way; but Capt. Stevens was severely wounded, and died while being carried to the hospital. In his honor Post 53, G. A. R., was named.
• Credits: Portrait from "Leominster: Historical and Picturesque", by William A. Emerson, 1888.

• Last Edited: 3 Jul 2010

Leonard Wood

Leonard Wood

• Father: James Wood b. 14 May 1796, d. 14 Jul 1856
• Mother: Maria Butler b. 8 Sep 1796, d. 8 Jun 1854

• Company: A

• Leonard Wood was born on 12 Sep 1830 at Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, son of James Wood and Maria Butler, (1831-1832 per Ford).
• Leonard Wood was enumerated in the household of Charles Fletcher and Hepsibah Henry in the 1850 US Federal Census on 5 Sep 1850 at Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, as:
  Charles Fletcher, 35, butcher, b. NH
  Hepsibeth, 30, b. NH
  **Charles Henry, 13, b. MA (as were all the children)
  Alvira F., 8
  George C., 4
  Emma A., 1
  Charles S. Howe, 25, butcher,
  **Leonard Wood, 20, butcher
  Sarah Flynn, 17.
• Leonard and Charles were two future members of the 15th Massachusetts living under the same roof.
• On 2 Jun 1852 Leonard Wood, 21, married Julia P. Allen, 22, daughter of Elijah Allen and Wealthy Clarinda Brigham, at Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, in a first marriage for both.
• Leonard Wood and Julia P. Allen were enumerated in the 1860 US Federal census on 7 Jul 1860 at Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, as:
  L. Wood, 30, butcher, $1200 realestate, $1200 personal estate, b. MA
  J. P. Wood, 30, F, b. VT
  C. L. Wood, 5, F. b. MA
  (garble) 17, F, help, b. MA
  Wm. Smith, 33, m, help, b. MA
  A. Wilder, 17, m, help, b. MA.
• In 1861 Leonard was living at Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
• At the time of his enlistment in the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, in 1861, Leonard gave his occupation as butcher.
• On 16 Jul 1861 his brother-in-law, Brigham Elijah ALLEN (b.1827), was killed in first Battle of Bull Run.
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  On 1 Aug 1861 Leonard mustered into service with the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry as a 1st Lieutenant, being credited to the quota of Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He was 30 years, 10 months and 20 days old.
• On 14 Aug 1861 at "The Worcester Spy", Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Leonard Wood was mentioned in an article about the departure of the Fifteenth Massachusetts from Worcester.
• On 22 Oct 1861 Leonard was promoted to Captain, becoming commander of Company A.
• John Maley wrote a letter to The Webster Times, listing his fellow prisoners, on 27 Oct 1861 from Richmond, Virginia,, mentioning Leonard Wood, as follows.
• On 11 Dec 1861 at "The Worcester Spy", Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Leonard, and Lucien Augustus Cook was the subject of an article. (Click icon to read).
• Between 20 Dec 1861 - 1 Aug 1862, Leonard was commander of Company K.
• On 19 Dec 1862, Leonard was detached to General Sedgwick's staff.
• On 16 Jan 1863 Leonard ended military service with the 15th Massachusetts by resignation, according to the MASSCW, OR due to disability according to Ford's history, OR with a dishonorable discharge according to the 1870 roster. It was apparently "dishonorable" and possibly revised by the time of the MASSCW. Details unknown.
  
  
• He was a pall bearer at the burial of Hans Peter Jorgensen on 23 Jul 1863 at Evergreen Cemetery, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
• On 21 Oct 1864 at The Bay State House, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Leonard Wood attended the First Annual Reunion of the Fifteenth Regiment Association.
• He and Julia P. Allen were enumerated in the 1870 US Federal Census on 28 Jun 1870 at Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, as:
  Smith, William, 46, butcher, b. MA
  ---, Lucy J., 45, b. MA
  Wood, Ella F., 18, b. MA (his niece)
  Brown, George, 23, works in cabinet shop, b. VT
  ---, Edward, 24, works in cabinet shop, b. MA
  (nextdoor to:)
  Wood, Leonard, 39, butcher, b. MA
  ---, Julia P., 40, b. VT
  ---, Carrie L., 15, b. MA
  Allen, Lovice E., 66, b. VT
  Woods, Martha, 36, domestic, b. MA
  Fooley, Mary E., 17, domestic, b. MA
  Godfry, James V., 21, butcher, b. VT.
• Leonard Wood was enumerated in the 1880 US Federal census in Jun 1880 at Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut, where he is indexed as "Lemuel" Wood, 50, married, b. MA, and "Keeps Market" as a boarder in the household of one Robt. D. BISSETT and his wife Eliza, both b. NY. He appears to be a boarder here, and there is a 15-year old English servant girl, Fanny MULTER.
• He was not enumerated in the household of Julia P. Allen in the 1880 US Federal Census on in Jun 1880 at at Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, where his wife is enumerated as "married" but head of household and he doesn't appear:
  Julia P. WOOD, 50, b. VT, Occ: House Keeping, Fa: b.VT, Mo: b. VT
  Carrie L., Dau, 25, b. MA, Occ: Bookkeeping
  Louise E. ALLEN, Mother, b. VT, Occ: Retired, Fa: b.MA, Mo: b. MA
  Martha WOOD, Sister(in-law), Single, W, 46, b. MA, Occ: House Keeping.
• Leonard had a photo taken as an older man.
• On 21 Oct 1882 at Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Leonard Wood attended the 16th annual regimental reunion of the 15th Massachusetts. (Report from the Fitchburg Sentinel.).
• On 20 Oct 1883 at Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Leonard Wood attended the 17th annual reunion of the 15th regiment association, with some 110 other veterans of the regiment. (Report from the Fitchburg Sentinel.).
• He died on 6 Feb 1886 at Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut, having committed suicide by hanging himself in his barn. Cause, "temporary insanity". He was 55 years, 4 months and 25 days old.
• He was buried on 11 Feb 1886 at Evergreen Cemetery, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
• In 1888, Leonard was He is included in the Civil War section of Emerson's "Leominster Historical". Click icon to read.
• Julia, his wife, outlived Leonard and died on 27 Jun 1891 at Massachusetts of general debility at age 61.
• On 6 Apr 1946 his daughter, Carrie Louise Wood, died at Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, unmarried at age 90.
• Credits: Primary photo above by permission of the Worcester Historical Museum, Ward Collection.

• Last Edited: 17 Jul 2010

George William Brown

Capt. George W. Brown

• Father: Mark Kendall Brown b. 17 Nov 1819, d. 1 May 1877
• Mother: Sarah Ann May b. 13 Nov 1822, d. 24 Mar 1894

• Company: A

• George William Brown was born on 29 Mar 1840 at Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, son of Mark Kendall Brown and Sarah Ann May.
• On 17 Jul 1844 his infant brother, Charles Summer Brown, died at Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, at age 2.
• On 11 Apr 1853 his younger brother, Lorenzo Edward Brown, died at Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, at age 7.
• On 11 Dec 1858 his teenaged sister, Sarah Frances Brown, died at Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, at age 14.
• At the time of his enlistment in the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, in 1861, George gave his occupation as farmer.
• In 1861 George was living at Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
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  On 12 Jul 1861 George mustered into service with the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry as a Private, who eventually rose to command the regiment., being credited to the quota of Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He was 21 years, 3 months and 13 days old.
• George was promoted to Corporal, at an unknown date.
• On 21 Oct 1861 George was promoted to Sergeant.
• On 21 May 1862 George was promoted to 1st Sergeant.
• On 21 Nov 1862 George was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant.
• On 19 Mar 1863 George was promoted to 1st Lieutenant.
• On 10 Apr 1863 George was transferred to Company E.
• George was Commander of Company A in the absence of Captain Jorgensen.
• On 1 Jul 1863 at "The Worcester Spy", Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, George William Brown was mentioned in an article about promotions.
• On 30 Jul 1863 George was promoted to Captain.
• On 12 Oct 1863 at "The Worcester Daily Spy", Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, George William Brown was mentioned as promoted.
• Between 11 Feb 1864 - 28 Mar 1864, George was Commander of the 15th Regiment.
• In May 1864 George William Brown was wounded.
• On 18 May 1864 at "The Worcester Spy", Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, George William Brown was noted among the wounded at the Battle of the Wilderness.
• On 25 May 1864 at "The Worcester Spy", Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, George William Brown was mentioned among the casualties.
• On 27 Jul 1864 at "The Worcester Spy", Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, George William Brown was mentioned in an article about the return of the regiment to Massachusetts.
• On 28 Jul 1864 George ended military service with the 15th Massachusetts as Captain of Company K, due to expiration of service term.
  
  
• After 1865 George William Brown moved to Colorado from Massachusetts.
• On 15 Feb 1881 George William Brown, 40, married Clara Elizabeth Carter, 40, daughter of Sumner Lincoln Carter and Damaris Richardson Buss, at Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, in a first marriage for both.
• In 1888, George was included in the Civil War section of Emerson's "Leominster Historical" as follows:
  Capt. G. W. Brown, a native of Leominster. Immediately after the close of the war, Capt. Brown proceeded to Colorado, which was then a territory, and engaged successfully in the cattle raising business. He is now a prominent citizen of Longmont, Boulder Co., Colorado.
• He and Clara Elizabeth Carter were enumerated in the 1900 US Federal census on 22 Jun 1900 at Longmont, Boulder County, Colorado, where they live in a home they own free on Pratt Street, and he is a drain tile dealer. She has no children.
• George William Brown made application at Colorado for a veteran's pension on 29 Jan 1906, and received certificate number 1120347.
• About 1910, at Longmont, Boulder County, Colorado, George was a member of McPherson Post No. 6, G. A. R.
• He and Clara Elizabeth Carter were enumerated in the 1910 US Federal Census on 4 May 1910 at Longmont, Boulder County, Colorado.
• Before 1920 Clara Elizabeth Carter, his wife, died apparently.
• George William Brown was enumerated in the 1920 US Federal Census on 12 Jan 1920 at Longmont, Boulder County, Colorado, apparently with a new wife, Caris A. (?), age 50.
• He died on 4 Jun 1928 at Longmont, Boulder County, Colorado. He was 88 years, 2 months and 6 days old.
• He was buried in Jun 1928 at Mt. View Cemetery, Longmont, Boulder County, Colorado.
• Credits: Portrait from "Leominster: Historical and Picturesque", by William A. Emerson, 1888.

• Last Edited: 3 Jul 2010

Francis "Frank" Warren Polley

Frank W. Polley

• Father: Alvin M. Polley b. 11 Dec 1810, d. 18 Sep 1881
• Mother: Belinda H. Carter b. 12 Oct 1811, d. 18 Mar 1882

• Company: A

• Francis "Frank" Warren Polley was born on 27 Feb 1837 at Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, son of Alvin M. Polley and Belinda H. Carter.
• At the time of his enlistment in the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, in 1861, Francis gave his occupation as shoemaker.
• In 1861 Francis was living at Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
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  On 1 Aug 1861 Francis mustered into service with the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry as a 2nd Lieutenant, being credited to the quota of Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He was 24 years, 5 months and 5 days old.
• On 14 Aug 1861 at "The Worcester Spy", Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Francis "Frank" Warren Polley was mentioned in an article about the departure of the Fifteenth Massachusetts from Worcester.
• On 16 Jan 1862 Francis ended military service with the 15th Massachusetts by resignation.
  
  
• He attended the funeral of George Hull Ward on 8 Jul 1863 at Rural Cemetery, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
• Francis "Frank" Warren Polley was a pall bearer at the burial of Hans Peter Jorgensen on 23 Jul 1863 at Evergreen Cemetery, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
• In 1864 Francis "Frank" Warren Polley was shoe manufacturer.
• Starting 20 Aug 1864, Francis also served in the 4th Massachusetts Heavy Artillery, Company H.
• On 21 Oct 1864 at The Bay State House, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Francis "Frank" Warren Polley wrote a letter read at the First Annual Reunion of the Fifteenth Regiment Association. (click icon to read).
• He ended his service with as a Sergeant on 17 Jun 1865.
• On 22 Nov 1865 Francis "Frank" Warren Polley, 28, married Jennie Marion Damon, 30, daughter of William Damon and Adeline Caulkins, at Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
• Between 1869 - 1873, Francis was Commander of the Post 53, G. A. R.
• As of 1880, Francis "Frank" Warren Polley was also known as Frazier Polley in the report on George H. Ward's 1863 funeral, from Marvin's "History of Worcester in the War of Rebellion."
• He and Jennie Marion Damon were enumerated in the 1880 US Federal census on 10 Jun 1880 at Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, as:
  Polley, Jennie M., 45, b. MA (as were all)
  ---, Francis W., 43, husband, boot & shoe shop
  ---, William A., 12, son
  ---, Katy M., 11, daur
  ---, Frank L., 5, son.
• In 1886 Francis was living at Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
• In Jun 1886 Francis "Frank" Warren Polley took part in the regimental reunion Excursion to the Battle-Fields of Gettysburg, PA., Antietam, MD., Ball's Bluff, Virginia and Washington, D.C.
• In 1888, Francis was included in the Civil War section of Emerson's "Leominster Historical" as follows: "In 1862 he engaged in the shoe business with his father under the firm name of A. M. Polley & Son, which business he still carries on."
• On 16 Oct 1889 Francis's daughter, Katie Marion Polley married William H. Walker at Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, in a first marriage for both.
• Francis "Frank" Warren Polley was a pall bearer at the burial of Edward Wilson on 22 Nov 1896 at Evergreen Cemetery, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
• Francis "Frank" Warren Polley was a pall bearer at the burial of Charles Franklin May on 25 May 1898 at Evergreen Cemetery, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
• On 15 Sep 1899 at Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Francis suffered a stroke, as reported in the Fitchburg Sentinel.
  "Leominster: Stricken with Paralysis
  F. W. Polley, the boot and shoe dealer, suffered a severe paralytic stroke, this morning. Mr. Poley went to his store as usual, in apparently good health, and opened the store. About 7:30, his son Frank went to the store and found his father in a prostrate condition on the floor. The young man hastily took in the situation and summoned Dr. Charles A. Wheeler. An examination showed that Mr. Polley had suffered a paralytic shock of the left side. Mr. Polley was taken to his home on Lancaster street, where he is resting as comfortably as could be expected.
  Nothing has surprised the community more than the news of Mr. Polley's sudden misfortune, for he has always been a man of robust constitution and physique."
• He died on 15 Sep 1899 at Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, of apoplexy. He was 62 years, 6 months and 19 days old.
• He was buried on 17 Sep 1899 at Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
• He's surviving family was enumerated in the household of Jennie Marion Damon in the 1900 US Federal Census on 7 Jun 1900 at Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, where she is a widow. Her son Frank, and his new wife May S., live with her. He is a dealer in (garbled), and the home is owned free.
• In Sep 1901 Jennie Marion Damon received a pension to surviving family member in Massachusetts based on Francis's service; his wife, received certificate number 582178.
• Credits: Portrait from "Leominster: Historical and Picturesque", by William A. Emerson, 1888.

• Last Edited: 18 Jul 2010

Fordyce May

• Father: John May b. 26 Jul 1794, d. 26 Oct 1862
• Mother: Mehitable Palmer b. between 1795 - 1796

• Company: A

• Fordyce May was born on 10 Dec 1837 at Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts, son of John May and Mehitable Palmer.
• Fordyce May was enumerated in the household of John May and Mehitable Palmer in the 1850 US Federal Census on 6 Sep 1850 at Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts, as:
  John May, 55, farmer, $4500 in real estate, b. MA (as were all in the family)
  Hitty P., 54
  James, 26
  Almira, 14
  ** Fordyce, 12
  Sally Palmer, 57.
• Fordyce May was enumerated in the 1860 US Federal census in 1860 at Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, possibly as:
  Fordice May, age 22, b. MA, brick maker
  living in the household of
  Aaron BURBANK (needs clarification).
• In 1861 Fordyce was living at Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
• At the time of his enlistment in the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, in 1861, Fordyce gave his occupation as farmer.
• 
  On 12 Jul 1861 Fordyce mustered into service with the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry as a 1st Sergeant, being credited to the quota of Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He was 23 years, 7 months and 2 days old.
• He was declared missing in action on 21 Oct 1861 at The Battle of Ball's Bluff, Leesburg, Virginia.
• On 30 Oct 1861 at "The Worcester Spy", Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Fordyce May was included among "The Killed Wounded and Missing of the Fifteenth Regiment," after Ball's Bluff.
• On 20 Nov 1861 at "The Worcester Daily Spy", Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Fordyce May was listed among the prisoners taken at Ball's Bluff.
• On 22 Feb 1862 at "The New York Times", New York City, New York, Fordyce May was mentioned in an article about the return of prisoners under a flag of truce.
• On 26 Oct 1862 his father, John May, died at Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts, at age 68.
• On 1 Nov 1862 Fordyce was promoted to Corporal.
• On 1 Jun 1863 Fordyce was promoted to Sergeant.
• On 1 Oct 1863 Fordyce was promoted to 1st Sergeant.
• On 12 May 1864 Fordyce May was wounded at Spotsylvania, Virginia.
• On 25 May 1864 at "The Worcester Spy", Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Fordyce May was mentioned among the casualties.
• On 28 Jul 1864 Fordyce ended military service with the 15th Massachusetts due to expiration of term of service.
  
  
• On 15 Mar 1871 Fordyce May, 33, married Etta Mary Russell, daughter of Nelson Russell and Sarah Chadwick, at Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
• Fordyce May made application for a veteran's pension on 12 May 1879, and received certificate number 210714.
• He died on 14 Mar 1880 at Northborough, Worcester County, Massachusetts, of typhoid fever. He was 42 years, 3 months and 4 days old.
• He was buried in Mar 1880 at Howard Street Cemetery, Northborough, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Grave No. 1, Sect. 6, Lot 374.
• On 12 Apr 1880 Etta Mary Russell received a pension to surviving family member based on Fordyce's service; his wife, received certificate number 197007.
• His estate was probated in 1880 at Northborough, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
• He appeared on the Mortality Schedule of 31 May 1880 at Northborough, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
• He's surviving family was enumerated in the household of Etta Mary Russell in the 1880 US Federal Census on 1 Jun 1880 at Northborough, Worcester County, Massachusetts, as:
  May, M. Etta, 30, widow, farmer, b. ME (of ME parents)
  ---, Nancy E., 7, daur, b. MIN
  Eager, Nancy R., 58, boarder, widow, sews straw, b. ME.
• Etta Mary May was enumerated as the widow of Fordyce May, of the 15th Massachusetts, in the 1890 Veterans' Schedules of the US Federal Census in Jun 1890 at Northborough, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
• On 18 May 1892 his daughter, Nanna Elizabeth May, died at Wilbraham, Hampden County, Massachusetts, unmarried, of shock and hemerrhage, following puncture of uterus at age 19.
• About in 1898 Fordyce's widow, Etta Mary Russell remarried John F. Hart.

• Last Edited: 3 Jul 2010

John Murray Robbins

• Father: Ephraim Robbins b. between 1808 - 1809
• Mother: Eliza Nourse b. between 1807 - 1808

• Company: A

• John Murray Robbins was born on 3 Feb 1837 at Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, son of Ephraim Robbins and Eliza Nourse.
• John Murray Robbins was enumerated in the household of Ephraim Robbins and Eliza Nourse in the 1850 US Federal Census on 12 Sep 1850 at Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, as:
  Ephraim Robbins, 41, carpenter, $1856 in property, b. MA (as were all the family)
  Eliza, 43
  **John M., 13
  Eliza A., 10 (future wife of Alden Derby, also of the 15th Mass.)
  James M., 7
  Laura A., 3
  Timothy L., 1 mo.
  (and six boarders).
• In 1861 John was living at Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
• At the time of his enlistment in the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, in 1861, John gave his occupation as carpenter.
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  On 12 Jul 1861 John mustered into service with the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry as a 1st Sergeant, being credited to the quota of Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He was 24 years, 5 months and 9 days old.
• John Murray Robbins and Francis Edwin Colburn, first cousins, and grandsons of Francis Nourse, served together in the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Company A.
• John Murray Robbins was declared missing in action on 21 Oct 1861 at The Battle of Ball's Bluff, Leesburg, Virginia.
• On 30 Oct 1861 at "The Worcester Spy", Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, John Murray Robbins was included among "The Killed Wounded and Missing of the Fifteenth Regiment," after Ball's Bluff.
• On 20 Nov 1861 at "The Worcester Daily Spy", Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, John Murray Robbins was listed among the prisoners taken at Ball's Bluff.
• On 20 Feb 1862 John's sister, Eliza Ann Robbins, married Alden Waldo Derby.
• John Murray Robbins and Alden Waldo Derby, brothers-in-law, served together in the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry.
• On 22 Feb 1862 at "The New York Times", New York City, New York, John Murray Robbins was mentioned in an article about the return of prisoners under a flag of truce.
• On 19 Jul 1862 John was promoted to Sergeant.
• On 21 Mar 1863 John was promoted to 1st Sergeant.
• On 15 Sep 1863 John ended military service with the 15th Massachusetts with a transfer to the V. R. C.
  
  
• Starting 16 Sep 1863, John also served in the 1st Independant Company, V. R. C., as a 1st Sergeant.
• On 1 Jul 1864, John was reenlisted.
• John also served in the Co. B, 44th US Infantry.
• He ended his service on 22 Oct 1866 at Washington, DC.
• On 29 Aug 1876 John Murray Robbins, 39, married Ellen Woodward, 35, daughter of Adoniram Woodward and Achsah Hoar, at Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, in a first marriage for both.
• John Murray Robbins made application for a veteran's pension on 30 Dec 1879, and received certificate number 267937.
• He was enumerated in the 1890 US Federal census, Veteran's Schedule in Jun 1890 at Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, as having served in the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, Company A.
• He and Ellen Woodward were enumerated in the 1900 US Federal census on 19 Jun 1900 at Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, where he is a school janitor. They have no children.
• John Murray Robbins, a member of Charles H. Stevens post, G. A. R., was a pall bearer at the burial of Francis Edwin Colburn in Apr 1901 at Evergreen Cemetery, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
• On 14 Oct 1902 Ellen Woodward, his wife, died at Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, at age 61.
• On 7 May 1903, John was appointed administrator of his wife's estate, according to the Fitchburg Sentinel.
• On 30 Sep 1903 John was reported in the Fitchburg Sentinel as selling a number of his personal goods as he was soon to enter the Soldiers' Home at Chelsea.
• On 7 Oct 1903, at National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Togus, Kennebec County, Maine, John was admitted.
• On 16 Apr 1906, at National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Togus, Kennebec County, Maine, John was discharged, as his own request.
• At Soldiers' Home, Crest Avenue, Chelsea, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, John Murray Robbins was one of many soldiers who resided there at one time or another.
• He was mentioned in the obituary of Charles Henry Wilder on 13 May 1909.
• John Murray Robbins was enumerated in the 1910 US Federal Census on 28 Apr 1910 at Soldiers' Home, Crest Avenue, Chelsea, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, where he states that neither of his two children are still living.
• He died on 27 Jan 1914 at Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He was 76 years, 11 months and 24 days old.

• Last Edited: 9 Jun 2010

Asa Everett Brown

• Father: Hamilton Brown b. between 1804 - 1805
• Mother: Adelia Spaulding b. 24 Feb 1809, d. 27 Jul 1842

• Company: A

• Asa Everett Brown was born on 31 Dec 1834 at Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, son of Hamilton Brown and Adelia Spaulding.
• On 27 Jul 1842 his mother, Adelia Spaulding, died at age 33.
• On 10 Oct 1856 Asa E. Brown, 21, married Allena Henrietta Dodge, 20, daughter of Stephen Dodge and Elvira E. Foster, at Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
• At the time of his enlistment in the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, Asa gave his occupation as comb maker.
  
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  On 12 Jul 1861 Asa mustered into service with the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry as a Sergeant, being credited to the quota of Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He was 26 years, 6 months and 12 days old.
• On 26 Jun 1862 Asa ended military service with the 15th Massachusetts due to disability. (Noted: the 1870 roster says in January.).
  
  
• On 21 Nov 1862 his commission as a 2nd Lieutenant was cancelled.
• On 9 Feb 1863 at "The Worcester Daily Spy", Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, A. Everett Brown was mentioned in an article about promotions.
• He and Allena Henrietta Dodge were enumerated in the 1870 US Federal Census on 17 Jun 1870 at Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, as:
  Brown, Asa E., 35, works in saloon, b. MA
  ---, Allenor H., 34, b. MA.
• A. Everett Brown died on 21 May 1873 at Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He was 38 years, 4 months and 21 days old.
• He was buried in May 1873 at Evergreen Cemetery, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Lot 279, Section 01.
• On 25 Jun 1873 Helen H. Brown received a pension to surviving family member based on Asa's service; his wife, receiving certificate number 166059.
• He's surviving family was enumerated in the household of Elvira E. Dodge in the 1880 US Federal Census on 8 Jun 1880 at Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, as:
  Dodge, Elvira E., 67, widow. b. MA (as were all)
  ---, Wooster F., 38, son, paper box manufacture
  ---, Sibil E., 32, daur-in-law, works in box shop
  ---, Flora E., 11, grand-daur
  **Brown, Helena H., 43, daur, widow, at home
  Tenney Clement, 32, son-in-law, works in box shop
  ---, Alice F., 30, daur
  ---, Lillian S., 3, grand-daur
  Billings, George H., 30, boarder, single.
• Helen H. Brown was enumerated as the widow of Asa Everett Brown, of the 15th Massachusetts, in the 1890 Veterans' Schedules of the US Federal Census in Jun 1890 at Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts.

• Last Edited: 18 Jan 2010